Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/dalam

This Proto-Chamic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chamic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daləm/

Noun

*dalam

1. inside (interior or inner part)

Adjective

*dalam

1. inside (within)
2. deep

Descendants

• Acehnese: dalam, lam
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Eastern Cham: ꨕꨤꩌ (dalam)
  • Haroi: lăm
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Jarai: dơlăm
  • Rade: êlam
  • Chru–Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: lăm
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: dalap
      • Tsat: laːn⁴²

Further reading

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287